Backlash

['bæklæʃ]

Definition

(noun.) an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; 'there was a backlash of intolerance'.

Typist: Rodger--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Edited by Johanna